Poppies vocab

An agreement between countries at war to stop fighting for a particular time “A two-week ........ has been declared between the countries.”

• ARMISTICE (Remembrance Day)

• CEASEFIRE

• FIRE

• BREAK

The adjective AMBIGUOUS means

• sad

• unclear

• having more than one meaning

• angry

Her ............. at her son's death was terrible. (great sadness)

POPPY is a type of red and black flower. It is a symbol of ...

The fact that you no longer have something or have less of something

“Many parents feel a sense of .............. when their children leave home.”

• LOSS

• LOSE

• LOOSE

To want something very much

“The speaker ................. see her son again.”

She misses her son.

• longed to

• long

• longed

• longing

To want something very much

“The speaker is ............................... news of her son.”

• longing for

• longing to

• longing

• longed

The act of remembering someone who has died, a memorial - “A .................... of the victims of WW1.”

• Remembrance

• Remember

• Remembering

• Remembered

A feeling of wanting something or someone very much “The poem is about the mother’s ............... for her son.”

INFER from / INFERENCE from / INFERRED from

(understand, guess)

What do you .............. ............ the poem "Poppies"? What happened to the speaker's son?